Musings: Kristin La Flamme

Lorikeets

Kristin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:16:55 +0000

Woo hoo, it’s Twelve by Twelve reveal day! This time around our theme colors were the bright green, orange, yellow and purply blue of the lorikeet. The blog is a riot of color now! Check it out and check out my lorikeet interpretations.

My Bundle of Sewing Love

Kristin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:56:10 +0000

Here’s my IBOL II Bundle. This time, I dove into the little used bin of dressmaking fabrics and pulled out a few pieces that were in the one to two yard ballpark. I found a pinwale corduroy, eyelet, a nice stripe and a sheer that was meant for curtains. Hopefully someone else will make good [...]

It’s Ba-ack!

Kristin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:41:58 +0000

Yes, IBOL is back! Hubby is still here in Hawaii for the time being, but a lady named Nahed, who is part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in the same area IBOL Guy was assigned to a year ago, is taking the reins for IBOL II. IBOL II, like the original IBOL project last year, is [...]

Beginning Patchwork Class!

Kristin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:40:47 +0000

Hello out there! Do I have any readers on Oahu who want to make a few projects and learn some basic patchwork and quilting skills? Does anyone have a friend or two in the Waipahu area that wants to take a class? Here’s the deal: I’ll be teaching at Ho’ae’ae Community Park in Waipahu (Village Park/Royal Kunia [...]

Ouch!

Kristin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:19:56 +0000

Look what I did to my poor needle last week. It’s one of those fancy new titanium needles that are supposed to last a long long time. I was stitching along through many layers and “bam” this happened. Looking at the wreckage, I think that my thread caught on the spindle and so the pull of [...]

Shop Hopping on Oahu

Kristin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:14:54 +0000

Warning: this is a long post, but if you’re interesed in fabric shopping on Oahu, it’s definitely worth the read. I went out for some embroidery floss this morning and came back with an armload of quilty/crafty supplies. My first (and originally planned, only) stop was Fiddlesticks. I needed a variety of lorikeet colored floss for my [...]

An Attempt

Kristin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:59:52 +0000

It’s quiet today and I’m having a hard time getting motivated even though I have a million things, both dull and exciting, that I could be working on. The kids are back in school and now, on my second morning with no one else in the house I’m feeling a lot more like curling up [...]

More of the Process

Kristin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:47:52 +0000

Here’s the blue scraps to go with the green scraps of two weeks ago. I had lots of darker blue scraps too, but they are being dispatched in another project. The turquoise scraps still fill my little bin, but at least they have some room to breathe now.

Long Beach

Kristin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:35:24 +0000

This weekend is the Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California. If you happen to be there, please see the special exhibit “Tactile Architecture 2009” and say hello to my quilt, “Aquifer.” (I am also happy to report that I’ll have two quilts in the next Tactile Architecture – which will debut in Houston in the [...]

Dyeing with Leftovers

Kristin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:17:44 +0000

I’ve got two projects that require me to dye some fabric and batting (thanks to Judy Coates Perez for introducing us to the possibilities of dying batting — what I have in mind should be perfect for it). I checked my supplies, and since I don’t need specific colors, I found that I had enough [...]